Attachment for vehicles.



J. GEDDES.

ATTACHMENT FOR VEHICLES. APPLICATION FILED DEC-24,1914- Patented Oct. 3,1916.

2 SHEETSSHEET I I Tluu Attorney.-

INVENTGR WITNESSES J. GEDDES.

ATTACHMENT FOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 24. 9M.

Patented Oct. 3,1916. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 WITNESSES FFQ f JAMES GEDDES, OF WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA.

ATTACHMENT FOR VEHICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 3, 1916.

Application filed December 24, 1914. Serial No. 878,900.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES Games, of the city of Winnipeg, in the Province of Manitoba, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments to Vehicles, of which the following is the specification.

The invention relates to improvements in attachments to vehicles and the principal object of the invention is to provide an attachment to a vehicle which when in use will effectively prevent a restive' animal from wandering or running away when left by the driver.

A further object of the invention is to provide an effective device of the above class which can be manufactured at small cost and readily appli'ed'to existing'types of vehicles.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an attachment by the use of which the driver can stop his horse in event of being unable to control him by the reins.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an attachment for the above purpose which remains as a permanent fixture on the vehicle and cannot accordingly be easily stolen and is at all times ready for use.

With the above objects in view the invention consists essentially in a rotatably mounted shiftable drum carried by the vehicl adjacent one of the rear wheels, a pinion in connection with the drum, a gear wheel secured to the rear Wheel, means controlled by the driver for controlling the drum and effecting the engagement or disengagement of the pinion with the gear wheel and a cable wound onthe' drum and provided with a suitable snap hook, the

parts being arranged and constructed as hereinafter more particularly described and later pointed out in the appended claim.

Figure 1 represents a side view of the attachment applied on a vehicle. Fig. 2 represents a plan view of the same. Fig. '3 represents an enlarged detailed rear view of the drum and associated'parts as they appear on the back axle. Fig. 4 represents a plan view of the parts appearing in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 represents a horizontal sectional view through the standards and parts carried thereby, the section being taken in the plane denoted by the line XX Fig. 3.

In the drawings like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

1 represents a Wagon box provided with the usual drivers seat 2 and carried by rear springs 4: and 5 and a front spring 6, these being mounted on the front and rear vehicle axles 7 and 3 in the usual way. The axles by means of U-bolts 14 and 15 supplied with nuts 16.

' The saddle is' preferably cast with two upright standards '17 and-17', the standards in the shifting of the'spindle to engage with the gear wheel 26 permanently secured in any suitable Way to the wheel 10.

The standard 17 carries an outstanding arm 27 which carries av pivoted lever 28 having the lower end connected by a link 29 to one arm of a pivoted bell crank 30 suitably suspended by brackets 31 from the standard 16. The upper end of the lever is slotted and receives pin 32 extending from a shank 33, the shank being connected by means of a ball and socket joint 34 with the adjacent end of the spindle.

35 is a link connectingthe bell crank with the lower end of a hand lever 36 pivotally pinion fromthe gear wheel.

ately frees the ammals head as will readily it to be noticed that it'is only provided with two adjustments, that is, the quadrant is fitted with two notches to receive the detent. In the forward position of the lever the pinion is disengaged from the gear wheel and in the back positionit is engaged. Accordingly one can tell immediately by looking at the lever whether or not the pinion is in or out of engagement.

Under normal conditions, or when one 'is driving, the lever is in the positionshown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, that is, the pinion is out of engagement with the gear wheel. The snap hook however is connected to the ring of the bit. Accordingly the horses head is entirely free of any pulling action due to the attachment.

Upon the driver leaving the vehicle he throws the lever backwardly to engage the pinion with the gear wheel and he can then leave the animal, satisfied that he cannot move to any eXtent without setting the attachment into operation. It is obvious that if the animal should attempt to advance the gear wheel attached to the rear wheel will operate the pinion in a direction such that the drum will wind the cable with the result that the cable will pull on the animals head and arrest him. Upon the driver returning to the vehicle he has simply to move the lever to the original position to disengage the This immedibe understood. I

I wish to point out that the action of the drum is what might be termed a gradual one and will not accordingly when operating have a tendency to unduly scare a restiv horse. V V

From the above description it will be seen that the attachment is at all times on the vehicle and is always ready for use and requires but-little action on the part of the driver.

While I have shown a particular construction forv shifting the spindle by the movement of the hand lever still I wish it to be understood that various other mechanical arrangements for accomplishing this object could be readily supplied without in the least departing from the spirit of this invention, the salient feature of which resides in the provision of a winding drum designed to be operated in winding by one of the vehicle wheels and connected by a cable or such like to the head of the animal attached to the vehicle, the winding action of the drum bein controlled b the driver from the seat.

a u What I claim as my invention 1s An attachment to vehicles for arresting an animal hitched thereto comprising a saddle permanently secured to the rear axle and adjoining one of the rear wheels, said saddle being provided with a pairoi upstanding standards, a spindle rotatably mounted in the standards and shittable endwise in the same, a drum permanently mounted on the spindle, a cable secured to the drum and connected with the head of the animal, a

gear wheel permanently secured to the said 1 JAMES GEDDES.

In the presence of GERALD S. BonBUReH ROLAND Fosrun.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

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